sinewy : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sinewy	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sinewy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sinewy adj (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew Synonym(s): fibrous, sinewy, stringy, unchewable consisting of tendons or resembling a tendon Synonym(s): tendinous, sinewy (of a person) possessing physical strength and weight; rugged and powerful; "a hefty athlete"; "a muscular boxer"; "powerful arms" Synonym(s): brawny, hefty, muscular, powerful, sinewy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sinewy \Sin"ewy\, a. 1. Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, a sinew or sinews. The sinewy* thread my brain lets fall. --Donne. 2. Well braced with, or as if with, sinews; nervous; vigorous; strong; firm; tough; as, the sinewy Ajax. A man whose words . . . were so close and sinewy. --Hare.